Polymerase chain reaction for the detection of Helicobacter pylori in formaldehyde-sublimate fixed, paraffin-embedded gastric biopsies

Diagnostic Molecular Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 238-243

  Scholte, G H A ^a   Van Doom, L J ^b   Quint, W G V ^b   Lindeman, J ^a  

^a SLOTERVAART HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Delft Diagnostic Laboratory   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA extraction; Fixation; Formaldehyde sublimate; Helicobacter pylori; Immunohistochemistry; Mercuric chloride; Paraffin embedded tissue; Polymerase chain reaction

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DNA DETERMINATION; GASTRITIS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH BIOPSY;

BIOPSY; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GASTRITIS; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE FIXATION;

EID: 0344193103     PISSN: 10529551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019606-199708000-00008     Document Type: Article

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